1860s Archive

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Urbana, Illinois from 1869. Birdseye view of Urbana, Ill. Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (7.2mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Illinois maps that you might want to check out. Ruger's birdseye map of Urbana, Illinois [gmap] in 1869. For more maps and images from this period in...

Augustus Koch's birdseye map of Virginia City, Nevada in 1861. Birdseye view of Virginia City, Nevada Date: 1861 Author: Augustus Koch Dwnld: Full Size (15.0mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Koch's birdseye map of Virginia City, Nevada [gmap] in 1861. For more maps and images from...

G.H. Goddard's birdseye map of San Francisco from 1868. Birdseye View of San Francisco Date: 1868 Author: G.H. Goddard Dwnld: Full Size (19.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Bay Area maps that you might want to check out. Goddard's view of San Francisco [gmap] and SF Bay from 1868. For more maps and images from...

One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond Map of Civil War battles within 150 miles of Richmond, VA (1860s) Date: 1860s Author: Charles Magnus Dwnld: Full Size (7.25mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Civil War that you might want to check out. I'm not a big U.S....

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Sedalia, Missouri in 1869. Birdseye View of Sedalia, Missouri Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (12.9mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Featured maps that you might want to check out. Albert Ruger's birdseye map of Sedalia, Missouri [gmap] in 1869. For more maps and images from this period...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Loda, Illinois from 1869. Birdseye view of Loda, Ill. Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (6.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Illinois maps that you might want to check out. Loda, Illinois [gmap] was never a boomtown [pop. 419 in 2000] but it's got a central thoroughfare that...

Charles B. Gifford's birdseye map of San Francisco from Russian Hill from 1862. San Francisco from Russian Hill Date: 1862 Author: Charles B. Gifford Dwnld: Full Size (13.8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Bay Area maps that you might want to check out. Gifford's birdseye map of San Francisco [gmap] from 1862. For more maps...

A. Ruger's birdseye view of Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio c.1868. x Birdseye view of Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio Date: 186X Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (10.7mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff Ruger's rather ho-hum map of Camp Chase [gmap], a Civil-War era training camp for the Union, and current Confederate cemetary. For more maps and images from this period in the region's history,...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of South Bend in 1866 Birdseye Map of South Bend, Ind. Date: 1866 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (10.0mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Indiana maps that you might want to check out. By far the most handsome of the three South Bend, Indiana [gmap] birdseyes I've found. This very...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Young America township, Illinois, from 1869. Birdseye view of Young America, Ill. Date: 1869 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (6.8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff Ruger's birdseye map of Young America, Illinois [gmap] from 1869. For more maps and images from this period in the region's history, visit the Illinois State Historical Society.

Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration (French), from 1862. Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration Date: 1862 Author: Charles Joseph Minard Dwnld: Full Size (18.1mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Beautiful and quite brilliant map of world migration by Charles Joseph Minard. If...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Chicago from Schiller Street to 12th, from 1868. Chicago from Schiller Street to 12th Date: 1868 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (16.4mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Illinois maps that you might want to check out. Ruger's birdseye map of Chicago [gmap] in 1868. For more maps and images...

W.J. Keeler's map of the Union Pacific Railroad and it's Eastern Connections, 1867. Union Pacific RR and eastern connections Date: 1867 Author: W.J. Keeler Dwnld: Full Size (19.1mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other railroad maps that you might want to check out. Keeler's map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its eastern connections in...

John Bachmann's birdseye map of New York and Environs in 1866. x Birdseye View of New York and Environs – Bachmann Date: 1866 Author: John Bachmann Dwnld: Full Size (7.0mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other New York City maps that you might want to check out. This view of Manhattan from the south with...

Sketch of the eastern part of the U.S., showing territorial extent of the rebellion at different epochs during the war for its suppression Map of Union and Confederate Holdings in the Eastern U.S. (1862) Date: 1862 Author: US Coast Survey Dwnld: Full Size (3.94mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps...

A. Ruger's Birdseye map of Iowa City, Iowa in 1868. Birdseye view of Iowa City, Iowa Date: 1868 Author: A. Ruger Dwnld: Full Size (13.6mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. An Albert Ruger birdseye map of Iowa City, Iowa [gmap]. One thing I noticed was the...

Isador Laurent Deroy's birdseye map of San Francisco from c. 1860. Vue de San Francisco Date: c.1860 Author: Isador Laurent Deroy Dwnld: Full Size (5.1mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Bay Area maps that you might want to check out. Laurent Deroy's birdseye map of San Francisco [gmap] c. 1860. For more maps and images...

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